Also On This Day...

Toronto Ontario – Edward ‘Ned’ Hanlan 1855-1908 dies. Rower Hanlan was Canada’s first world sporting champion. The Toronto-born sculler won the Ontario championship in 1873, and four years later, the Dominion cup. In 1878, he took the American title, and the following year the World Rowing Championship, which he held for five years. He is memorialized by a statue on Toronto’s waterfront and Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands.

1958

And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

Matt Frewer 1958-
actor, born on this day at Washington DC to a Canadian Navy father. Frewer has played in Kissinger and Nixon (General Alexander Haig), National Lampoon’s Senior Trip (Principal Todd Moss), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Big Russ Thompson), Speed Zone, Supergirl, Doctor, Doctor (Dr. Mike Stratford); and as a cartoon voice in the Pink Panther and as The Exterminator in Itsy Bitsy Spider. On TV he has starred as Rasmussen in in Star Trek: The Next Generation; in Stephen King’s The Stand (Trashcan Man), as Shaky Ground’s Bob Moody; and his most famous role, as reporter Edison Carter and his alter ego Max Headroom in Max Headroom (1987 – picture)
Also Dr. John Emery 1932-
plastic surgeon, bobsledder, was born on this day in 1932. In 1957 Emery teamed with brother Victor and formed the Laurentian Bobsledding Association. At the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics, they teamed with Peter Kirby and Doug Anakin to win Canada’s first ever Bobsled Gold Medal.

Also Denise ‘Vanity’ Matthews 1959-
rhythm and blues singer, actress, was born on this day in 1959. She is married to Anthony Smith.

Also Dave Foley 1963-
actor, was born on this day at Toronto in 1963. In the early 1980s, Foley met Kevin McDonald at an improv class and they started working as a comedy team while employed as movie ushers. In 1984 they merged with another team to form The Kids in the Hall troupe (televised 1989-96), and he currently stars as Station Manager Dave Nelson in the TV sitcom News Radio.

In Other Events…

1995

Quebec Quebec – Denis Lortie released on parole after serving 10 years in prison for 1984 shooting in the Quebec legislature, where he killed three people.

Edmonton Alberta – Oiler Wayne Gretsky scores eight points in a night for the second time in his NHL career as Edmonton defeats the Minnesota North Stars, 12-8. Gretsky had four goals and four assists.